Growth guide

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development displays all the usual qualities which have come to mark these books out as outstanding works of reference. Less popular appeal than some of its predecessors, but anyone interested in the subject will not be disappointed. Edited by Stanley Ulijaszek and others, Cambridge, £65, ISBN 0521560462.

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